We Wanna Boogie [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Marvin, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rockabilly music--History and criticism--Newport--Arkansas.

Rockabilly music.

Rockabilly musicians--Arkansas.

Rockabilly musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Arkansas Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marvin Schwartz is a freelance writer who specializes in Arkansas history and culture. He has worked as a journalist, educator, speechwriter, and grant writer and has directed nonprofit organizations. He holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Arkansas.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Foreword by Governor Mike Beebe; Introduction by Sonny Burgess; Chapter 1. Midnight at the Moon; Chapter 2. High-Water Marks; The Music; Chapter 3. Ramblers and Moonlighters; Chapter 4. Rockabilly and Razorbacks; Chapter 5. Rockabilly Roots; Chapter 6. Portraits of the Pacers; Chapter 7. Keep on Rocking; Chapter 8. Arkansas Rock 'n' Roll Highway 67; The Town; Chapter 9. Newport Origins; Chapter 10. Newport in the 1950s; Chapter 11. Roadhouses and Rednecks; Chapter 12. A Vanished World; Acknowledgements; Bibliography-Books; Appendix; End Notes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-935106-72-4